[blml] Disclosure (was Psyches & deviations)

[Eric Landau]

At 08:03 AM 2/1/07, twm wrote:

>That's a better description of the "totality of disclosable knowledge".
>Most partnerships have agreements (which may be explicit or implicit and
>are subject to regulation if conventional) - these agreements can often
>be grouped together as "system".  Then they have known disagreements (I
>open 2N about half a point lighter than pard, he opens weak 2s of which
>I marginally disapprove).  These are basically matters of
>style/judgement and might be described as "understandings" or
>"disclosable disagreements" we have discussed the issues and failed to
>come to agreement.  On top of that there's partnership experience (e.g.
>pard occasionally psychs his 1N overcalls when nv in 3rd) this too is
>disclosable but is not a matter of agreement or understanding (we have
>no systemic protection to deal with such psychs).

"Agree: To come to an understanding or to terms."

"Agreement: The state of being agreed." [both AHD]

IOW, if you have "agreed to disagree" about something, you have an 
agreement on the subject.


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